1In order to enable specialisation, the court may be organized in sections, where this is deemed appropriate, based on objective criteria, in particular on the number of judges of the court, the type and number of cases in that court at least in the past three years. The Court sections shall consist of not less than six judges.

2Adjudication panels of each court shall be established under the rules set forth in the procedure law.

3The assignment of a judge to a section and an adjudication panel shall take into account the professional experience and the area of interest.

4The Court Council may, after having received the opinion of the general meeting of judges, establish one or more sections in the court. The Court Council, after having assigned judges to branches, if applicable, shall establish adjudication panels and then assign judges to the sections and adjudication panels.

5Decisions of the Court Council made according to paragraph 4 of this Article shall be revised at least every two years and every time where this is required in order to replace a judge not acting any more at that court, to appoint a judge newly assigned, transferred or promoted to the court, sections and adjudication panels.

6In case a judge needs to be temporarily replaced in the exercise of duties in an adjudication panel, the panel shall be complemented by judges of other panels of the same section. The temporary replacement of a judge is done by lot.

7The High Judicial Council shall establish detailed rules on the criteria and procedure for the establishment of sections, adjudication panels and the assignment of judges to them.